Frank William Abagnale: Doctor, Lawyer, Pilot… (Not)
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, movies
A Conversation With David Friedman – part 7: Keynesianism, Chicago & Austrian Schools, & AnCap
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economics of crime, law and economics
David Friedman at Libertopia 2010
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, David Friedman, economics of crime, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights Tags: creative destruction
Dead Wrong® with Johan Norberg – Why Swedes Vote for Populists
20 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economic growth, economics of crime, Economics of international refugee law, income redistribution, international economic law, international economics, law and economics, population economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment Tags: populism, Sweden, voter demographics
David Friedman: The Technology of Freedom
19 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in David Friedman, economics of crime, law and economics, property rights Tags: privacy
Majority are suspicious of people who wear masks in public
18 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics Tags: political correctness
.@NZGreens approach to defence and the war against terror
18 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: war against terror
Real Lawyer vs. Movie Lawyer | Lawyer Reacts to A Few Good Men, 12 Angry Men, & Erin Brockovich
17 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, movies
Christopher Hitchens – On Multiculturalism and Political Correctness [2007]
15 Sep 2018 1 Comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: political correctness, regressive left, war against terror
Trying to find data on violence in women’s prisons
14 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
After feuding with a stranger about transgender rapists been housed in women’s prisons, it occurred to me to check if there is any violence in women’s prisons. The great advantage of feuding with people who are completely disagree with you, and happen to be completely wrong too, is it pushes you to test your position and check your facts better.
Posh feminists and the Brahmin Left trivialise the threat to women by saying its part pf the general problem of violence in prison so putting transgender rapists in women’s prisons is no special thing.
Hard to work out what the situation was on assaults in women’s prisons as too many of the links on the first page of Google were clips or other things that are softcore porn set in women’s prisons. Statistics do not seem to be published on the issue. I have put in an OIA.
My initial suspicions may be correct as the screen snapshot below suggests which is there is hardly any violence in women’s prisons worth worrying about. Men as usual are far more violent which is why men and women are in different prisons.
See https://www.nowtolove.com.au/news/real-life/what-life-is-really-like-inside-a-womens-prison-9104
Lastest OIA on @BSA_NZ complaint against @TVNZ
13 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, welfare reform
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Not much of a gender gap on abortion according to See Research
13 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, gender, health economics, law and economics Tags: abortion
#OTD
12 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, laws of war, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: war against terror
The legacies of colonisation by the British for Maori (aside from the abolition of slavery and no more musket wars)
10 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: age of empires, economics of colonialism
For more, see James Feyrer & Bruce Sacerdote, 2009. “Colonialism and Modern Income: Islands as Natural Experiments,” The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 91(2), pages 245-262, May.
They argue that the nature of discovery and colonization of islands provides random variation in the length and type of colonial experience. They instrument for length of colonization using variation in prevailing wind patterns and direction.
They argue that wind speed and direction had a significant effect on historical colonial rule but do not have a direct effect on GDP today. The data also suggest that years as a colony after 1700 are more beneficial than earlier years.
They also find a discernable pecking order among the colonial powers, with years under U.S., British, French, and Dutch rule having more beneficial effects than Spanish or Portuguese rule.
Bond market fraud by climate alarmists; lying about the security of their seafront tax base
09 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking
Richard Epstein in https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardepstein/2018/01/22/global-warming-and-bond-offerings/#24ae25c423c0
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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